Visuals

• What is a visual?

Research

Visual-based lessons a small overall

superiority over the non-visual based instruction

No significant differencehttp://www.nosignificantdifference.org

Cohen, P. A., Ebling, B. J., & Kulik, J. A. (1981).  A meta-analysis of outcome studies of visual-based instruction.  Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 29(1)  29-36.

Importance of visuals• Researchers estimate that of all the information

we know,

6 % comes through touch, taste, smell 11% comes through hearing 83% comes through sight.

People Remember More With Visuals

Time With Visuals No Visuals

3 Hours Later

85% 70%

10 Days Later

65% 10%

Good Visual

Example

• PowerPoint 1.0 was actually derived from a product called “Presenter” that was developed by Forethought Inc. in early 1987.

• Microsoft purchased Presenter in August of 1987 for $14 million.

Example

• PowerPoint 1.0 was actually derived from a product called “Presenter” that was developed by Forethought Inc. in early 1987.

• Microsoft purchased Presenter in August of 1987 for $14 million.

Presenter• PowerPoint 1.0 was actually

derived from a product called “Presenter” that was developed by Forethought Inc. in early 1987.

• Microsoft purchased Presenter in August of 1987 for $14 million.

What are the the northern states of the U.S.

Example,

WA, ID, MT, ND, MN, WI, NY, VT, NH, ME, MI, ALs

Which states are around Tennessee?

MO, KY, VA, NC, GA, AL, MS, AR

What are the the northern states of U.S.Which states are around Tennessee?Which of the following states are closer to Colorado?Which state is in the east of Nevada?

Private Universe?

Visual is Not Enough

Simulation & Animation

Visual & Misconceptions

Show

Distance

• The distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 150 million km (149,597,900 km)

• The diameter of the Earth is 12,756 km or 7926 mi (at the equator).

Distance

• 150,000,000 / 12756 = 11760

Relative Size

• The diameter of the Sun is 1,391,980 km and that of the Earth is 12,756 km.

• The ratio of those two is 109 (rounded)

• So what?

• the Sun 1,295,000 times larger than the Earth • Vearth= π R3 = 3.14 *1

• Vsun = 3.14 * (109*109*109)

• Vsun / Vearth = 1,295,000

Solar System

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html

http://tinyurl.com/9y6oq

Summer Winter

• http://www.astronomy.org/programs/seasons/index.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgq0LThW7QA

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUU7IyfR34o

Photosynthesis

• http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/photosynthesis/photosynthesis.html

• http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/animations.htm